MVP won't play WMA files

[JonRoyle]

Unfortunately I am still having problems playing WMA files through my MVP (rev H3). Using GBPVR 98.8. With the last version of GBPVR the transcoding service crashed on the server - now nothing happens. It is as if I had not pressed play. I have checked and MP3's play fine as do WMA via GBPVR on the PC. Unfortunately I have very few details to provide as there are no log files being created (set to Debug logs). Any ideas?

Latest version is much better with MVP - AVI now work reliably and no crashes so far. Well done Sub.

Jonathon

[sub]

Reproduce the problem, then zip and attach the gbpvr.exe.log and I'll ake a look.

[JonRoyle]

Thanks for quick response (please ignore my daft comment about no logs). Unfortunately system won't let me upload logs - never progresses from 'sending request to forums.gbpvt.com'. I have extracted some of the key text from the logs which hopefully are of use.

14/09/2006 23:08:47.962 VERBOSE [14] MVP Streaming Server received STOP message
14/09/2006 23:08:47.962 VERBOSE [14] Song ended. Checking if there are more songs to play.
14/09/2006 23:08:47.962 VERBOSE [14] Playlist size: 15 current index: 12
14/09/2006 23:08:47.962 VERBOSE [14] About to start playback of \\brough\CD\Aerosmith\Big Ones [UK]\Aerosmith_Big Ones [UK]_Walk On Water.wma
14/09/2006 23:08:47.962 VERBOSE [14] MusicLibrary2: Notify From MVP Called: Aerosmith_Big Ones [UK]_Walk On Water.wma
14/09/2006 23:08:47.982 VERBOSE [13] MVP data read: 1 (7)
14/09/2006 23:08:47.982 VERBOSE [13] Got RFB_MEDIA_CONTROL_ACK: 030000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
14/09/2006 23:08:48.022 VERBOSE [14] MVP playback requested: \\brough\CD\AEROSM~1\BIGONE~1\AEROSM~1.WMA (shortname)
14/09/2006 23:08:48.032 VERBOSE [14] MVP playback requested: \\brough\CD\Aerosmith\Big Ones [UK]\Aerosmith_Big Ones [UK]_Walk On Water.wma (longname)
14/09/2006 23:08:48.032 VERBOSE [14] getValue cached value: /settings/RecordingsDirectory : \\brough\tv
14/09/2006 23:08:48.042 VERBOSE [14] getValue cached value: /settings/MVPFFmpegTranscodeToMP3 : -y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -ab 224 "{DEST_FILE}"
14/09/2006 23:08:48.042 VERBOSE [14] Starting FFmpeg for MP3 transcode with: -y -i "\\brough\CD\Aerosmith\Big Ones [UK]\Aerosmith_Big Ones [UK]_Walk On Water.wma" -ab 224 "\\brough\tv\MVP000DFE0BB350.mp3"
14/09/2006 23:08:48.052 VERBOSE [14] Waiting for transcoding to begin
14/09/2006 23:08:50.315 VERBOSE [14] Opening media file: \\brough\tv\MVP000DFE0BB350.mp3
14/09/2006 23:08:50.345 VERBOSE [14] Received request to seek to pos:0
14/09/2006 23:08:50.345 VERBOSE [13] MVP request processed
14/09/2006 23:08:50.345 VERBOSE [13] MVP data read: 1 (16)
14/09/2006 23:08:50.345 VERBOSE [13] MVP request processed
14/09/2006 23:08:50.375 VERBOSE [14] Request 2000 bytes (file size:0 file location: 0)
14/09/2006 23:08:50.375 VERBOSE [13] MVP data read: 1 (7)
14/09/2006 23:08:50.375 VERBOSE [13] Got RFB_MEDIA_CONTROL_ACK: 010100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
14/09/2006 23:08:50.375 VERBOSE [14] Not all bytes read. Got:0 Filesize now:0
14/09/2006 23:08:50.375 VERBOSE [14] End of stream


Jon

[sub]

I'm guessing its something to do with the UNC paths you're using.

When you try to play a WMA file on the MVP, it needs to convert it to an MP3 file. It does this by running ffmpeg passing it:

ffmpeg.exe -y -i "\\brough\CD\Aerosmith\Big Ones [UK]\Aerosmith_Big Ones [UK]_Walk On Water.wma" -ab 224 "\\brough\tv\MVP000DFE0BB350.mp3"

ffmpeg barfing, probably because of the UNC paths.

[JonRoyle]

I have changed my settings to remove UNC paths but it is still failing. The transcoded mp3 file is alway 0KB. Here are my logs. Any ideas?

16/09/2006 11:00:00.330 VERBOSE [15] About to start playback of M:\CD\Aerosmith\Get A Grip [UK]\Aerosmith_Get A Grip [UK]_Crazy.wma
16/09/2006 11:00:00.330 VERBOSE [15] MusicLibrary2: Notify From MVP Called: Aerosmith_Get A Grip [UK]_Crazy.wma
16/09/2006 11:00:00.410 VERBOSE [15] MVP sending frame
16/09/2006 11:00:00.480 VERBOSE [15] Y/Y2 buffer: 73114 bytes
16/09/2006 11:00:00.520 VERBOSE [15] U/V buffer: 32552 bytes
16/09/2006 11:00:00.520 VERBOSE [15] incremental frame sent
16/09/2006 11:00:00.921 VERBOSE [14] Opening media file: T:\TV\MVP000DFE0BB350.mp3
16/09/2006 11:00:00.951 VERBOSE [14] Received request to seek to pos:0
16/09/2006 11:00:00.971 VERBOSE [13] MVP data read: 1 (16)
16/09/2006 11:00:00.971 VERBOSE [13] MVP request processed
16/09/2006 11:00:00.971 VERBOSE [13] MVP data read: 1 (7)
16/09/2006 11:00:00.971 VERBOSE [13] Got RFB_MEDIA_CONTROL_ACK: 010100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
16/09/2006 11:00:00.971 VERBOSE [13] MVP request processed
16/09/2006 11:00:00.971 VERBOSE [13] MVP data read: 1 (3)
16/09/2006 11:00:00.971 VERBOSE [13] MVP request processed
16/09/2006 11:00:00.981 VERBOSE [14] Request 2000 bytes (file size:0 file location: 0)
16/09/2006 11:00:00.981 VERBOSE [14] Not all bytes read. Got:0 Filesize now:0
16/09/2006 11:00:00.981 VERBOSE [14] End of stream

[sub]

Post the logs again, and I'll extract the manual command for you to run to see if it gives you a detailed error message.

[JonRoyle]

Sub,

I get an error of 'invalid file format'.

On doing some investigation it appears that ffmpeg will not convert lossless WMA files (This is how I store my CD collection on my sever). Any ideas of a workaround ?

Jon

[sub]

Sorry, if ffmpeg wont play it, then you're out of luck. Hopefully they'll add support for it in the future.

[JonRoyle]

Thanks for the quick response and some great software. I will do some investigating/experimenting. Mplayer which is based on ffmpeg (as I understand) plays the files ok.

Jon

[JonRoyle]

Thanks for the quick response and some great software. I will do some investigating/experimenting. Mplayer which is based on ffmpeg (as I understand) plays the files ok.

Jon